Wednesday, July 28, 2010

A high-ranking Taliban commander reacts to the release of classifiedmilitary documents, and denies any links with Pakistan's spy network.Mushtaq Yusufzai reports.

Responding to WikiLeaks' release of tens of thousands of pages ofclassified military documents about the war in Afghanistan, ahigh-ranking Taliban commander rejected reports that the Taliban had any linkswith Pakistan's spy agency.

"Look, we're at war and would like to get aid from anyone to fightagainst the U.S. and its allies who invaded our homeland," SirajuddinHaqqani, a senior leader of the Haqqani network, told The Daily Beast onMonday . . .